Homefront and Battlefield: Quilts and Context in the Civil War

Date / Time: Saturday, June 27, 2015, 11:00 a.m.

Admission: Free for Autry Members / $15 Nonmembers / $11 Students (with ID) and Seniors (60+) / Tickets Include Museum Admission

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Lynne Bassett and Madelyn Shaw, Co-curators of the American Textile History Museum exhibition Homefront & Battlefield: Quilts & Context in the Civil War, discuss the exhibition and accompanying book.

“For those who were not writers… the objects they saved and handed down to their descendants must serve to tell their stories. These objects may not be as immediately understandable to us 150 years later, but in their own way, their eloquence is equal to words inked on paper. The quilts, embroideries, clothing, and personal and political artifacts illustrated in this book do not merely reflect the ideas and words of a privileged elite, but embody the experience of individuals of every color and place in the social hierarchy.”
—Excerpt of Homefront & Battlefield: Quilts & Context in the Civil War

Beginning at 1:00 p.m., participate in a quilting bee with Quilts of Valor.